all - Opinion Summaries

Buckley v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under Title VII claiming race discrimination, sex discrimination, and retaliation stemming from plaintiff's employment as a special agent...

El Comite para el Bienestar de Earlimart v. Warmerdam

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a challenge under section 304 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) brought by a coalition of community organizations against California state officials...

Barr v. Lafon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action brought by high school students in Tennessee desiring to express their southern heritage by wearing clothing depicting the Confederate...

US v. City of New York

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In a qui tam False Claims Act action challenging a local law requiring non-resident city employee-plaintiffs to pay a fee equivalent to the municipal...

US v. Flaherty

Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought under the False Claims Act alleging that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided a reimbursement check to...

Garcia v. Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In wrongful death claims brought by plaintiff-estates against defendant rental car companies, grant of summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Disabled Action of Pennsylvania v. S.E. Pennsylvania Transp. Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Construction, Government Law, Transportation
In a challenge under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act to defendant's alteration of two Philadelphia subway...

L.M. v. Capistrano Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, an order requiring school district to reimburse parents for the cost of...

Grieveson v. Anderson

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit claiming that plaintiff was beaten by other inmates and that his safety and medical needs were neglected by jail...

Ibrahim v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving the claims of a Malaysian Muslim passenger detained at a U.S. airport because her name is on the federal government's No-Fly...